Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 11 showcase!

This month’s download features a three track mini-EP from Concretism, and there is an interview with Concretism‘sChris Sharp within the zine as well.

In addition there is a track by The Will of Nin Girima calledSpell Three : Carrion offeringfrom the albumTwo Cycles of Incantationon the Invisible City Records label

There’s also a track called Among the Stars fromRasplyn‘s new album Scenes through the Magic Eye,
out now on Mythical Records, and there is an interview
with Rasplyn‘s Carolyn O’Neill in this month’s zine too!

A full list ofIssue 11contents follows:

The Wyrd Daze PDF Zine

– Cover and interior art by Maxim Peter Griffin

– An interview with Carolyn O’Neill

– Fragments from: The Fife Psychogeographical Collective

– An Interview with Chris Sharp

– FICTION: Raven and the Boggart by Leigh Wright

The Wyrd Daze EP

Concretism

Track One :Fog

Track Two :I dreamt of Coryton

Track Three :A Tour of the Factory

Rasplyn

– Among the Stars

(from the album Scenes Through the Magic Eye on theMythical Records label)

The Will of Nin Girima

– Spell Three : Carrion offering

(from the album Two Cycles of Incantation on theInvisible City Recordslabel)

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

There’s something a little different on the Wyrd Daze podcast this month:
a conversation between myself (Leigh Wright) and writer Jasun Horsley.

We touch on some of the themes in his forthcoming bookSeen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist,and spiral out from there.
A discussion about Sentience, Culture, Discernment, Self,Life, The Universe, and Everything!

Hope you find it as fascinating as I did!

Jasun Horsley is an author of several books on popular culture, psychology, and high strangeness, transmedia storyteller, independent scholar, and existential detective.

He lives and works in Canada.

His latest book, Seen & Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist

is due from Zer0 Books in January, 2015.

There are several ways to accessIssue 11 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1,and all Patreon subscribers get access to theWyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content.For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below(and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with whichto pay contributors for their original contributions toWyrd Daze

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 10 showcase!

The above image is by Belgian painter, draughtsman, lithographer and poster artist Henri Privat-Livemont(1861 – 1936). His worksare in the public domain, and are respectfully displayed within this issue as a tribute to his art.

7: Cyril M : Duo#1

8: Wizards Tell Lies : Path of Zodiacs

9: Lykanthea : Aphonia

There are several ways to accessIssue 10 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1,
and all Patreon subscribers get access to theWyrd DazePatreon activity stream, with exclusive content.
For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below
(and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with whichto pay contributors for their original contributions toWyrd Daze

I leave you with the editorial that I wrote
for this special 10th Issue.

Hey everyone ~ we’ve reached issue 10 ~ Yay !

This project began as a creative leap from me – a challenge to harness a current of creative inspiration that exists among shining threads of humanity connected via the technology of social media. There is a vibrant world of independent artistic pursuits being undertaken by a myriad of crazy wonderful people, and I too feel this urge to experiment and make art, to be part of a loose community of independent thinkers, dreamers, weavers, believers.

And so why not create a zine? That way I can immerse myself in the creativity of others, providing a constant stream of inspiration that demands creative response. Sampling this rapture of creative delights remains the greatest joy about Wyrd Daze for me, and all the people that have shared their craft with us so far have been so generous of heart, so wondrous of soul, and just so fucking talented!

Of course, everybody has talents. Everyone is really good at at least one thing, one passion that we want to spend as much time as possible doing for no other reason than for the love of it. That’s what makes each and every one of us so special.

So hey, let’s make art and be beautiful!

A huge thank you to all the people who have shared their creativity with me, to the loyal subscribers who support this venture, and everyone else who has experienced Wyrd Daze in one form or another, for coming along on the ride.

And here’s this month’s edition of Paperclippe‘s
Life, the Universe, and Everything vlog,
this time about Nostalgia

There are several ways to access
Issue 9 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below (and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with which
to pay contributors for their original contributions
to Wyrd Daze

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 8 showcase!

This is a special issue dedicated to the independent music label Alrealon Musique, and they have been incredibly generous to gift a bonanza of music, videos, and other media for this month’s Wyrd Daze download.

The Wyrd Daze Podcastfeatures an exclusive Alreaon Musique mix by The Ephemeral Man

All that as well as the Wyrd Daze PDF zine!

There are several ways to access
Issue 8 of Wyrd Daze:

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd Daze Patreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

The Jazz Fakers – Oh Rise New

Black Saturn – Minor Affliction

For more information about Alrealon Musique,
please visit their website HERE

Hello there, Wyrd Heads!

Issue 8 of Wyrd Daze is on the way and will be anAlrealon Musique Special, dedicated to the
exciting and eclectic label.

It’s a bit overdue as I have been very busy over the
past few weeks, and I’m still gathering the materials
to be included in the issue.

So in the meantime I’ve put together a little interlude package for Wyrd Daze subscribers which includes the following:

– an exclusive audio collage from The Ephemeral Mancrafted especially for this interlude which includes material from a forthcoming EP

– episode 3 of Paperclippe‘sLife, the Universe, and Everything vlog

– a raw text peek at the next instalment of acclaimed author David Southwell‘s Phoenix Guide to Strange England: Hookland

All subscribers should by now have received a message
with a link to download this interlude.

Subscribe now via Patreon from as little as $1 a month and you will receive this interlude package as well as a free digital copy of the original print version of Wyrd Daze
and an 11 track music compilation.

Patreon subscribers also have access to ongoing exclusive content on the Wyrd Daze Patreon page.
For more details, click HERE.

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 7 showcase!

The above image is by Colleen Kinsella, whose wondrous art
can be found throughout this issue.

Colleen is also one half of the magnificent band Big Blood with Caleb Mulkerin, and I’ve put together a
10 track compilation of Big Blood music
as part of the Wyrd Daze download – there is also an interview with the band in the PDF zine.

There are several ways to buy Issue 7ofWyrd Daze:

As a stand alone product, including all multimedia content,
for $5HERE

You can subscribe via Patreon for as little as $1, and all Patreon subscribers get access to the Wyrd DazePatreon activity stream, with exclusive content. For more details and all Patreon subscription options, go HERE

or you can subscribe directly via Paypal with the button below (and receive your first download within 24hrs)

Subscriptions create a revenue with which
to pay contributors for their original contributions
to Wyrd Daze

The full list of issue 7 contents:

The Wyrd Daze EP 7

Bernholz–Alive!

Keith Seatman–Into the Well

Language of Shapes–Stitches

A Big Blood compilation

The Sound the Sea

Creepin Crazy Time

Leviathan Song Pt I

She Sells Sanctuary

Water

Wrinkles & Ribbons

She-WanderEr

Graceless Lady

Vitamin C

Coming Home pt III

The Wyrd Daze Zine

– Cover and interior art by Colleen Kinsella

– An interview with Bernholz

– FICTION: The Puddle by Eygló Daða Karlsdóttir

– An interview with Big Blood

– The Phoenix Guide to Strange England: Hookland
by David Southwell

– POEM: Bendochy by Kieron Bacon

– Concrete Island by Laica

– Leaves from the Tree by Kip

– FICTION: Breaking Up by William C Rasmussen

Life, the Universe, and Everything

A vlog by Paperclippe

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

Featuring a great selection of music
from Wyrd Daze and beyond!

The Wyrd Daze Clubs

With Wyrd Daze‘s expansion onto Patreon, the ongoing crowdfunding platform, there are now several subscription offers, including the Wyrd Daze Clubs. There are two Clubs: the Music Club and the Writing Club. Dedicated contributors contribute exclusive content to these clubs every month, and the money raised from subscriptions to these clubs is shared equally between the creators.

Subscription to a Club costs a mere $5, but you can subscribe to both for $8!

The Writers Club – 2nd Edition contents:

Night WorkbyZachary Corsa

Thirty BirdsbyChristina Scholz

Perdita in piecesby James Knight

May PolebyChris Lambert

Raven and the BoggartbyLeigh Wright

Hello and welcome to the Wyrd DazeIssue 6 showcase!

I am delighted to announce that, from Issue 6, Wyrd Daze
has expanded onto Patreon, the excellentongoing crowdfunding site, and there are now
more ways to support the talented creators
that contribute to Wyrd Daze,
including subscription offers fromas little as$1a month!

click here to go to the Wyrd Daze Patreon page

Click the image above to go to the Wyrd DazePatreon page for more details.

Patreon has an activity stream where you can interact with me and comment about anything Wyrd Daze, and everyone who subscribes through Patreon gets access toexclusive patron only posts!

And as a special thank you, all subscribers will receive a download link to a digital version of the original one-off print edition ofWyrd Daze, which includes an11 track music compilation.

As well as a wider variety of subscription offers, there are now new features as part of theWyrd Dazefamily:

Introducing theWyrd Daze Clubs, where a group of dedicated creators provide exclusive content for members.

There is a Writers Club and a Music Club.

They can be subscribed to for $5 for one, $8 both together, or $12 including the main Wyrd Daze download.

This money will go directly to support the creators.

Details of current Club contributors can be found in the menus at the top left of this page, (or HERE and HERE) and all options can be reviewed at The Wyrd DazePatreon page, accessed by clicking the Patreon image above.

Also introducing: the Life, the Universe, and Everything vlog by social media maven Paperclippe

The first episode can be viewed below, and there will be further episodes every month!

– Life, the Universe, and Everything :a vlog by Paperclippe

– (Episodes from) The Field Bazaar :The Bane Tree

The Wyrd Daze Podcast

– Hannibal :part two of an audio collage sculpted from the audio track to Season 1 of the television dramaHannibal, byThe Ephemeral Man

The Wyrd Daze Zine

– Art photography by Liminal Londoner

– T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland remixed by The Ephemeral Man

– An Interview with Adderall Canyonly

– An Interview with Sam Mumford

– The Phoenix Guide to Strange England: Hookland byDavid Southwell

– A Year in the Country: An English Idyll, A Midnight Sun

–Fiction: Killing Time byLeigh Wright

– The Ruins of Millionaires Row byEmil Thompson

– (episodes from) The Field Bazaar byJim Peters

–Into The Dreaming: Tracing The Contours of Invisible Landscape Through The Music Of Dylan Carlson byJason Simpson

– Leaves from The Tree byKip

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog post –
I hope you will take a moment to peruse the Patreon page by clicking on the image below,
and perhaps consider supporting independent creativity by taking one of the subscription options.

click here to go to the Wyrd Daze Patreon page

As a bonus, there’s a very special music mix for Beltane byThe Ephemeral ManHERE

And also, a play of some of the music from this month’s Wyrd Daze EP

All episodes of the Wyrd Daze podcast are freely available to listen to at the Wyrd Daze Mixcloud pageHERE

Time for another Wyrd Daze update, including news of a competition!

I’m pleased to say that the zine is going strong: I’m currently putting together issue 5, and as I type there are 25 subscribers. Having 25 people happy to invest a little money every month is quite an achievement for an independent endeavour, and I am very proud of how the zine is progressing. The quality of contributions continues to be excellent, and I am extremely grateful to all those who have given their time and shared some of their magnificent creativity. With 25 subscribers, I am able to pay regular contributors a little for their work.

The next goal is to keep spreading the word and reach 50 subscribers, whereupon I will be able to pay more people more money for their contributions. I firmly believe that artists deserve to get paid for their work as much as anyone does, and that a subscription based model such, as with Wyrd Daze, is a good viable way to facilitate such payment: directly, without intervention disrupting the creativity, and without intrusion from advertising or other commercial limitations.

So, what you can do to help is spread the word, create something,contribute, perhaps write a review of the zine or a specific part of it, and most of all consider subscribing, to help support independent creativity. It’s not a chore, it’s a gift: for only $5, which is less than £3, you get a dazzling amount to content every month!